Verfasst von:	Gerring, John [VerfasserIn]
	Seawright, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Finding your social science project
Titelzusatz:	the research sandbox
Verf.angabe:	John Gerring (The University of Texas at Austin), Jason Seawright (Northwestern University)
Verlagsort:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2022
Umfang:	xii, 334 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Diagramme
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Strategies for social inquiry
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 300-331
ISBN:	978-1-00-910039-7
	978-1-00-911491-2
Abstract:	The most important step in social science research is the first step - finding a topic. Unfortunately, little guidance on this crucial and difficult challenge is available. Methodological studies and courses tend to focus on theory testing rather than theory generation. This book aims to redress that imbalance. The first part of the book offers an overview of the book's central concerns. How do social scientists arrive at ideas for their work? What are the different ways in which a study can contribute to knowledge in a field? The second part of the book offers suggestions about how to think creatively, including general strategies for finding a topic and heuristics for discovery. The third part of the book shows how data exploration may assist in generating theories and hypotheses. The fourth part of the book offers suggestions about how to fashion disparate ideas into a theory.
DOI:	doi:10.1017/978109118620
URL:	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/978109118620
Schlagwörter:	(s)Sozialwissenschaften    / (s)Empirische Sozialforschung    / (s)Forschungsprojekt
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Gerring, John: Finding your social science project. - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 |(DLC)2021050287
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Gerring, John, 1962 - : Finding your social science project. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022. - 1 Online-Resource (xvii, 334 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:	MR 2000
K10plus-PPN:	1774522039